The Great Company / Being a History of the Honourable Company of Merchants-Adventurers Trading into Hudson's Bay

THE HUDSON'S BAY POSTS.

In their Report of 28th June, 1872, the Governor and Committee report the details of the varied posts from Ocean to Ocean of the Hudson's Bay Company, as follows:—

Statement of Land belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company, exclusive of their claim to one-twentieth of the Land set out for settlement in the "Fertile Belt."

District.	Post.		Acres of Land
Lake Huron	1	La Cloche	6,400
Temiscaminque	2	Kakababeagino	10
Superior	3	Long Lake	10
United States	4	Georgetown	1,133

Manitoba, or }	5	Fort Garry	500
Red River Settlement }	6	Lower Fort	500
	7	White Horse Plains	500
Manitoba Lake	8	Oak Point	50
Portage la Prairie	9		1,000

Lac la Pluie	10	Fort Alexander	500
	11	Fort Frances	500
	12	Eagles Nest	20
	13	Big Island	20
	14	Lac du Bennet	20
	15	Rat Portage	50
	16	Shoal Lake	20
	17	Lake of the Woods	50
	18	White Fish Lake	20
	19	English River	20
	20	Hungry Hall	20
	21	Trout Lake	20
	22	Clear Water Lake	20
	23	Sandy Point	20

Swan River	24	Fort Pelly	3,000
	25	Fort Ellice	3,000
	26	Qu'Appelle Lakes	2,500
	27	Touchwood Hills	500
	28	Shoal River	50
	29	Manitoban	50
	30	Fairford	100

Cumberland	31	Cumberland House	100
	32	Fort la Corne	3,000
	33	Pelican Lake	50
	34	Moose Woods	1,000
	35	The Pas	25
	36	Moose Lake	50
	37	Grand Rapid Portage	100
		50 Acres at each end of Portage.
Saskatchewan	38	Edmonton House	3,000
	39	Rocky Mountain House	500
	40	Fort Victoria	3,000
	41	St. Paul	3,000
	42	Fort Pitt	3,000
	43	Battle River	3,000
	44	Carlton House	3,000
	45	Fort Albert	3,000
	46	Whitefish Lake	500
	47	Lac la Biche	1,000
	48	Fort Assiniboine	50
	49	Lesser Slave Lake	500
	50	Lac St. Anne	500
	51	Lac la Nun	500
	52	St. Albert	1,000
	53	Pigeon Lake	100
	54	Old White Mud Fort	50

English River	55	Isle À la Crosse	50
	56	Rapid River	5
	57	Portage la Loche	20
	58	Green Lake	100
	59	Cold Lake	10
	60	Deers Lake	5

York	61	York Factory	100
	62	Churchill	10
	63	Severn	10
	64	Trout Lake	10
	65	Oxford	100
	66	Jackson's Bay	10
	67	God's Lake	10
	68	Island Lake	10

Norway House	69	Norway House	100
	70	Berens River	25
	71	Grand Rapid	10
	72	Nelson's River	10

Albany	73	Albany Factory	100
	74	Martin's Falls	10
	75	Osnaburg	25
	76	Lac Seul	500

East Main	77	Little Whale River	50
	78	Great Whale River	50
	79	Fort George	25

Moose	80	Moose Factory	100
	81	Hannah Bay	10
	82	Abitibi	10
	83	New Brunswick	25

Rupert's River	84	Rupert's House	50
	85	Mistassing	10
	86	Temiskamay	10
	87	Woswonaby	10
	88	Meehiskun	10
	89	Pike Lake	10
	90	Nitchequon	10
	91	Kamapiscan	10

Kinogumissee	92	Matawagauinque	50
	93	Kuckatoosh	10

Labrador	94	Fort Nascopie	75
	95	Outposts do	25
	96	Fort Chimo (Ungava)	100
	97	South River, Outposts	30
	98	George's River	50
	99	Whale River	50
	100	North's River	25
	101	False River	25

Athabasca	102	Fort Chippewyan	10
	103	Fort Vermilion	500
	104	Fort Dunvegan	50
	105	Fort St. John's	20
	106	Forks of Athabasca River	10
	107	Battle River	5
	108	Fond du Lac	5
	109	Salt River	5

McKenzie River	110	Fort Simpson	100
	111	Fort Liard	300
	112	Fort Nelson	200
	113	The Rapids	100
	114	Hay River	20
	115	Fort Resolution	20
	116	Fort Rae	10
	117	Fond du Lac	10
	118	Fort Norman	10
	119	Fort Good Hope	10
	120	Peel's River	10
	121	Lapierre's House	10
	122	Fort Halkett	100

WESTERN DEPARTMENT.

District.	Post.		Acres of Land
Vancouver's Island	123	Victoria, including Town Lots, about	70
	124	Esquimault (Puget's Sound Company's Land)	2,300
	125	Uplands Farm	1,125
	126	North Dairy Farm	460

British Columbia	127	Fort Alexander	100
	128	Fort George	100
	129	Fraser's Lake	100
	130	Stuart's Lake	100
	131	McLeod's Lake	100
	132	Connolly's Lake	100
	133	Babine	100
	134	Chilcotin	100
		Five other places	100
	135	Fort Dallas	50
	136	Fort Berens	50
	137	Fort Shepherd	100
	138	Fort Simpson	100
	139	Salmon River	50
	140	Langley and Langley Farm	2,220
	141	Yale, sundry small blocks
	142	Hope	5
	143	Kamloops	1,976
	144	Similkameen	1,140
		Barkerville }	Town
		Quesnel }	Lots.

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